VA Secretary Eric Shinseki needs to go — Eric Shinseki has served his country honorably as a twice-wounded officer in Vietnam, as Army chief of staff and finally as President Obama's secretary of veterans affairs. — But his maddeningly passive response to the scandal roiling his agency suggests …

VA chief Shinseki has a lot to explain: Our view — To save his job, he'll need to act more decisively. — Barry Coates, a 44-year-old Army veteran, visited VA hospitals and clinics in South Carolina seven times starting in 2010, complaining of severe stomach pain and rectal bleeding …

What ‘Hard Work U’ Can Teach Elite Schools — 'We don't do debt here,' says College of the Ozarks President Jerry C. Davis. — Point Lookout, Mo. — Looking for the biggest bargain in higher education? I think I found it in this rural Missouri town, 40 miles south of Springfield, nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.

Should Paid ‘Menstrual Leave’ Be a Thing? — Some countries mandate a legal right to leave for women during their periods. Is that reverse sexism or the right thing to do? — For most American women beyond the age of high school gym class, “I've got my period” isn't considered much of an excuse for anything.

Utah GOP Lawmaker: Bring Back Firing Squad Executions — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution. And he plans to bring back that option for criminals sentenced to death in his state.

Michelle Obama: Talk about race — Marking the 60th anniversary of the historic Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, First Lady Michelle Obama said on Friday that racial and other prejudices still plague the nation and she called on young people to lead the way forward.

GOP war revived in Georgia — Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election. — ROME, Ga. — The once-peaceful Georgia GOP Senate primary has devolved into an all-out brawl in its final days, ripe with charges of sexism, arrogance, lying, distortion and even …

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